Popular baby names in Kentucky, 2001

The most popular baby names in Kentucky in 2001 were Madison for girls (517 babies) and Jacob for boys (714). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 43,186 babies born in Kentucky in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kentucky in 2001

Names given at least 15 times in Kentucky that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Whitney: 58 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Haleigh: 42 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brooklyn: 101 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mollie: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ashton: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Macey: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chasity: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shelby: 184 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Raegan: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Katlyn: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Landen: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Dalton: 224 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lincoln: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Keaton: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billy: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Trace: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dakota: 158 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Braxton: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jeffery: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clay: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kentucky, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	517	↑1	2
2	Hannah	507	↓1	3
3	Emily	425	–	1
4	Taylor	293	↑3	12
5	Alexis	279	–	5
6	Abigail	275	↑12	8
7	Haley	273	↓1	34
8	Olivia	261	↑5	10
9	Sarah	261	↓5	6
10	Ashley	232	↓2	4
11	Destiny	232	–	22
12	Elizabeth	211	↓3	9
13	Emma	206	↑9	13
14	Savannah	204	↑1	42
15	Lauren	200	↓5	15
16	Brianna	198	↑5	18
17	Kaitlyn	187	↓3	31
18	Shelby	184	↑11	68
19	Sydney	180	–	23
20	Alyssa	174	–	14
21	Hailey	170	↑5	33
22	Morgan	163	↓6	29
23	Anna	161	↑2	19
24	Rachel	159	↑3	24
25	Jessica	158	↓1	11
26	Samantha	158	↓3	7
27	Makayla	156	↑6	54
28	Grace	151	↑6	16
29	Kayla	149	↓12	17
30	Megan	147	↓18	20
31	Victoria	136	–	21
32	Kaylee	134	↑18	66
33	Mackenzie	133	↑5	40
34	Autumn	132	↑7	72
35	Allison	129	↑1	44
36	Amber	128	↓6	51
37	Katelyn	126	↓2	52
38	Courtney	125	↓10	73
39	Katherine	125	↑7	35
40	Jasmine	124	↓3	25
41	Mary	121	↓9	48
42	Sierra	121	–	55
43	Bailey	117	new	69
44	Brooklyn	101	↑1	>100
45	Chloe	100	↑4	30
46	Breanna	99	↓6	94
47	Jenna	98	new	45
48	Brittany	97	↓9	>100
49	Isabella	95	new	28
50	Natalie	93	↓3	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	714	–	1
2	William	505	–	10
3	Austin	419	–	25
4	James	401	–	19
5	Ethan	384	↑8	17
6	Michael	375	↓1	2
7	Zachary	373	–	16
8	Matthew	372	↓2	3
9	Joshua	353	↓1	4
10	Christopher	348	↓1	5
11	Tyler	339	↓1	13
12	Dylan	334	↑4	21
13	Andrew	333	↑2	7
14	John	310	↓3	14
15	Joseph	310	↑4	8
16	Nicholas	295	↓4	6
17	Hunter	288	↑1	36
18	Cameron	285	↓4	35
19	Noah	279	↑2	28
20	Logan	276	↑3	29
21	Brandon	272	↓4	18
22	Caleb	272	↑2	37
23	David	252	↓3	12
24	Dalton	224	↑6	98
25	Justin	223	↓3	22
26	Jonathan	207	↑7	23
27	Nathan	202	↑4	31
28	Robert	197	–	30
29	Christian	196	↓3	24
30	Benjamin	195	↓1	27
31	Samuel	193	↑1	26
32	Jordan	191	↓5	39
33	Alexander	190	↑4	20
34	Daniel	179	–	9
35	Jackson	178	↑10	60
36	Ryan	177	↓11	15
37	Cody	176	↑3	64
38	Aaron	170	↑4	42
39	Mason	167	new	54
40	Charles	163	↓2	55
41	Dakota	158	↓6	93
42	Thomas	154	↓6	33
43	Elijah	151	–	45
44	Anthony	142	↓5	11
45	Nathaniel	141	↑2	61
46	Seth	141	↓5	68
47	Timothy	134	↓3	67
48	Luke	129	new	50
49	Chase	123	–	79
50	Gabriel	122	new	38

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